I fished the river Saone in France when the cat fishing was good back in 2000 its all changed now Spain seems to be the place but its changing there as well. We used to fish for them in a different way no lob worms or leaches for us. We used to use a small carp or eels, For obvious reasons you couldn't just cast them out so every time you baited up you had to row it out we would then tether them off to a boy with some 4lb line this would then snap if a cat took it. You canít comprehend playing a big fish in a river that tankers can go up and down. Also you have mussel beds that can cut you off. They were the days. The locals netted a lot of the areas we used to fish and now itís ruined.

I havenít go a clue how to post pictures but if you look at this link you will get an idea of how big the river is.

hi all .just found out that my club has two lakes that don't close until the 30/4/ so i have another 6 weeks to fish .well one of the lakes (the carp lake) has cats ,my question is is this a good time of the year to fish for them .i was going to use a giant hear rig with a size two hook and fish as bait .to be honest i haven't seem a cat in the flesh let alone caught one so all advice welcome.thanks .Steve

steve s wrote:hi all .just found out that my club has two lakes that don't close until the 30/4/ so i have another 6 weeks to fish .well one of the lakes (the carp lake) has cats ,my question is is this a good time of the year to fish for them .i was going to use a giant hear rig with a size two hook and fish as bait .to be honest i haven't seem a cat in the flesh let alone caught one so all advice welcome.thanks .Steve